Human Geography, Practice Quiz: Chapter 09

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. A nation-state is defined as ________.

a) a group of people sharing a common culture and attachment to some territory correct incorrect

b) a political unit with an area that is defined with internationally recognized boundaries correct incorrect

c) a political unit that contains one principal national group that gives it its identity and defines its territory correct incorrect

d) a supreme authority, vested in government, over the territory and population of a state correct incorrect

e) None of the above correct incorrect

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. To have supreme authority over the territory and population of a state, vested in its government is ________.

a) monarchy correct incorrect

b) sovereignty correct incorrect

c) nation-state correct incorrect

d) imperialism correct incorrect

e) None of the above correct incorrect

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. Factors that can have an effect on voting patterns and election outcomes include ________.

a) gerrymandering correct incorrect

b) levels of employment correct incorrect

c) social influence correct incorrect

d) All of the above correct incorrect

e) None of the above correct incorrect

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. Historically, colonialism followed ________.

a) imperialism correct incorrect

b) exploration correct incorrect

c) decolonization correct incorrect

d) centrifugal forces correct incorrect

e) None of the above correct incorrect

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. Imperialism can be understood as ________.

a) the establishment of an empire with formal colonies correct incorrect

b) the effort by one group to exert power via their state over another group located elsewhere correct incorrect

c) the process of transferring power from central to regional or local levels of government correct incorrect

d) the establishment of a state encompassing multiple nations correct incorrect

e) None of the above correct incorrect

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. The following statement about geopolitik is TRUE: ________.

a) It views the state as an organism correct incorrect

b) It was associated with Nazi expansionist ideology correct incorrect

c) It emerged in the 1940s correct incorrect

d) It contends that the state is subordinate to the individual correct incorrect

e) Both A and B correct incorrect

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. Geopolitics includes ________.

a) the study of the relevance of space and distance to questions of international relations correct incorrect

b) the study of multinational states correct incorrect

c) the growth of states through a process of annexing smaller members correct incorrect

d) the growth of a network of communications correct incorrect

e) None of the above correct incorrect

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. Hartshorne ascribes the stability of a state as dependent upon ________.

a) the extent of irredentism in neighbouring countries correct incorrect

b) centrifugal and centripetal forces correct incorrect

c) the number of nationalities in a country correct incorrect

d) whether countries are under European control correct incorrect

e) All of the above correct incorrect

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. The following statement about boundaries is TRUE: ________.

a) Antecendent boundaries tend to be geometric correct incorrect

b) Rivers and watersheds are popular boundaries correct incorrect

c) Colonial boundaries tend to ignore national boundaries correct incorrect

d) All of the above correct incorrect

e) None of the above correct incorrect

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. Oligarchy is defined as ________.

a) a political philosophy that rejects the state and argues that social order is possible without a state correct incorrect

b) an oppressive anti-democratic form of government, where the leader is usually backed by the military correct incorrect

c) the rule by an elite group of people, typically the wealthy correct incorrect

d) the institution of rule over a state by the hereditary head of a family correct incorrect

e) None of the above correct incorrect